North Herts took the lead over the first two ends then lost it until the tenth end taking ten shots in all, they never lost the lead and ran out 67 – 60 winners. Liz Crow, Keith Isted and Marion Amos suffered the worst, only scoring on four ends before scoring five in the last two ends to go down 11 – 21. Colin Feasey, Carol Parmenter and Sheila Clayton were next in line, a three and a four on the ninth and tenth ends was their undoing but they were only five adrift at the end, 13 – 18. Liz Feasey, Peter Jones and Jo Gould came close to a win, from 9 – 3 up at the halfway point they stayed on nine for another even ends, a four on the last but one end was not quite enough to save them from a 13 – 15 loss. Ann Paddon, Jan Umney and Alan Offord scored a six on the fourteenth end to go 15 -7 ahead but dropped a six two ends later then held on to win 23 - 13